The key benefit for users is of course mobile email continuity - being able to send and receive emails when primary mail servers are down! But in addition, the app introduces new archive search options that allow you to access old emails going back years, as well as the ability to search across delegate mailboxes. Plus you can now control your personal or moderated ‘on hold queues’ where you can review messages on hold, and block or release messages from Mimecast. You can also add senders to your blocked or permitted sender lists. Finally, customers who make use of email Smart Tags can now access these through the app.

Even though the new slick user interface grabs the attention, it still delivers on the areas that are traditionally valued in business – security and control.

IT Managers are constantly trying to balance the security of corporate data with user productivity – ensuring users have the right tools to get the job done. Providing users with access to corporate data from smartphones and tablets invariably enhances productivity, however controlling and securing that data without impeding the user is not only a challenge but a major concern. Mobile users can inadvertently put corporate data at risk by doing things such as opening email attachments in third party apps (e.g. Dropbox, Evernote, PDF Reader), using unsecured networks such as public Wi-Fi hotspots, and sending corporate mail from personal accounts when primary email servers are unavailable. All of these are very accessible and convenient to the user, however it is these characteristics that make them a target for hackers and a concern for the organization.

With this in mind we wanted to provide functionality that supported the challenge of securing corporate data on mobile devices.

You now have complete control over your Mimecast UEM administration with the ability to specify access to mobile apps using Active Directory groups, while also being able to allow individual features within the apps.

The app runs within its own secure container, with all communications secured between the app and your Mimecast UEM account. This ensures all emails and files sent from the app are subjected to existing DLP and security policies, and prevents users from inadvertently sending corporate data from a personal account. Another key security feature is the protection of email attachments from distribution or access by third party apps on the device by disabling the ‘open in’ functionality native to the device’s operating system.

For more security and management, you can add additional security controls by enabling enforcement of trusted networks’ access; which restricts the app to accessing data from known and trusted networks; preventing access from the free, public Wi-Fi hotspots that are often insecure and left open to attack. You can also enforce pinlock and password requirements to prevent unauthorized access.